a few years ago I bought one of those inexpensive guitars on Rondo- a strat copy 1/2 or 3/4 size? It's for my young daughter. It is surprisingly not a toy and actually kind of awesome!

She was pretty young at the time, but now she is 7 and playing a lot more. Not sure how long this issue has been there, but the high string is catching on the frets. It has 21 frets and is most often catching on 21, though even if that one is fixed there may be similar issues on the other frets too.

This guitar is worth <100 new, so dumping a bunch of $ into doesn't make sense, other than she is really connected to it.

I have 1st grade level tech skills- I can change strings, but not a whole lot else lol

Are there any simple ways or resources I can learn from to help stop this issue? If I can't, I wonder what the cost is going to be for such a repair?

Is it catching under the edge of the fret? If so, you might be able to file it down a bit. Just use a fine grade file and go slow. StewMac has some specialized files just for this. They're not expensive, but also might be overkill if it's just this guitar.

Another option might be to take it to a local luthier and tell them exactly what you posted here. If it was me, I'd do it for free or at least for a very minimal charge. Maybe you can find someone in your area that would do the same.

Dang, that's weird. Is the 21st fret flush with the wood on the other (low E) side? I've never had to file a fret end. I'd assume you'd have to re-bevel the end. That's above my level lol. But hey it ain't rocket surgery either, give it a shot.

I got the StewMac fileThere's a few frets that are hanging a bit over, but I concentrated on the 21Still caught once in awhile, so I took a hammer and a cloth and pounded 21 down a bitSOLVED!

I then screwed the springs in to make it dive only (it had a bit of an upward float available stock)Better tone, waaaay better tuning stability, she can actually use the trem bar now without that out of tune penalty that was inherent to the float setting

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